Fucking Great... Looks Like YouTube Is Removing Videos From Iran !!!

[WillyT]

I've been watching this site all day: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23iranelection

and most have no links or any way to verify their statements. Some do, but most do not.

So I just saw this one...

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Mipey: YouTube is removing videos! #iranelection
less than 20 seconds ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
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And I think to myself... Nah... that can't be true. Then I see this one, one that has a link...

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twinelm: RT @ThankASoldier Videos the Iranian Gov Doesn`t want you to see http://bit.ly/IucUP (expand) #IranElection @guardianangel08
half a minute ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
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And guess what??? The video from YouTube is no longer available! At least the first one. I wonder how long it will take to remove the rest?

:wtf:

Apparently... what Twitter giveth, YouTube taketh away!

:banghead:

FUCK!!!

[MADem]

1. People need to download them, and keep putting them up again.

Or put 'em up over at LIVE LEAK or one of the competing sites.

[FarPoint]

2. Why would they surrender the free speech content?

What is Youtube really about then?...Just fun and money?

[DJ13]

6. Google has a long history of bowing to pressure

They did it in China, so this shouldnt surprise anyone.

[Egnever]

12. Bowing to pressure?

The chinese government told them what product they wanted and google delivered. How is that bowing to pressure? So google shouldn't make money from the chinese cause we dont like the way they run their country? But we are happy to buy their crap from them every day.
Its little wonder we have a massive trade deficit with that sort of thinking.


Good lookin as a friend of mine would say.

[DJ13]

17. I wasnt talking about a recent event

A few years back Google and Yahoo got caught by human rights groups turning over their Chinese search results to the Communist Chinese government.

Not only that but they were willingly censoring search results at the governments request within China as well.

[Egnever]

18. I dont see whats wrong with that exactly?

Again thats what their business is and thats what the chineese government asked them to provide. They are the government of china and unless the chinese people have a revolution and overthrow their government it makes no sense for google not to provide services based on their needs.

I wouldnt want to live under a government that does such a thing but I dont think we should be preventing american companies from competeing in markets with different rules than our own based on our particular political philosophy.

[FreakinDJ]

3. This is some valuable information

RomanianHooker: #iranelection I am a romanian hooker who wants a man. If you are interested, enter the site and click the ads

http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23iranelection

found it on your twitter link

I'm searching airfares as we type

[leftstreet]

5. ...

:spray:

[billyoc]

13. That might be the only true thing you ever see on twitter.

:rofl:

[JVS]

19. Long live the revolution!

[charlie]

4. It's there

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYKsKYPouc4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjKlg_wvXvE

Not from that particular account, but the same video hasn't been blocked or removed. Sometimes account owners delete videos themselves.

[WillyT]

8. I Hope So... Thanks

It will be interesting to see what's there tomorrow.

:shrug:

[grannie4peace]

9. thanks

[CountAllVotes]

7. this one w/other links still works

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRUTh76486I&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2009%2F06%2F13%2Firan-demonstrations-viole_n_215189.html&feature=player_embedded

fyi

:kick:

[grannie4peace]

10. thanks, also :)

[BlooInBloo]

11. A new tag coming into prominence - #youtubefail . EDIT: It might also be due to graphic content...

Perhaps if ppl put warnings on their vids.

[msongs]

15. graphic content? not likely, lots of vids on youtube with foul language/sexual/regular violence nt

[Xenotime]

14. I didn't know they were powered by right.

[anonymous171]

16. They should use liveleak instead. nt

[woo me with science]

20. Why would they do that? nt

[cagesoulman]

21. The Iranian government is shutting down cell phone texting and internet communications

It's a crackdown of major proportions.